We were on vacation last weekend, so the newsletter had a week off too. And I’m glad. Directly after the events in Charlottesville, I was so immersed in the reporting that followed, that it would have been difficult to share links to anything else.

But in compiling this newsletter, I always assume that everyone’s been doing their own reading throughout the week - and subscribers of this newsletter reside in 40 countries (welcome Brazil and Iceland). If you’re curious about my views on current events, it’s not hard to find them on Twitter and Facebook. Here are this week’s links:

Resilience, defined as the psychological capacity to adapt to stressful circumstances and to bounce back from adverse events, is a highly sought-after personality trait in modern life. But too much of it could create a monster.